Chapter LXIII

Letter to General Lovejoy.--Call for men and ammunition.--
Yankama chief.--His speech.--Small supply of ammunition.--
Letter of Joseph Cadwallader.--Claim and a girl.--Combined
Indian tribes.--Ladies of Oregon.--Public meeting.--A noble
address.--Vote of thanks.--Address of the young ladies.--
Death of Colonel Gilliam.--His campaign.--Colonel Waters'
letter.--Doubtful position of Indians.--Number at Fort
Wallawalla.--Results of the war.--Jesuit letters.--Fathers
Hoikin and De Smet.--The Choctaws.--Indian confederacy.--Last
hope of the Indian.--Jesuit policy.--The Irish in the war of
the Rebellion.--Father Hecker.--Boasts of the Jesuits.--
Letter of Lieutenant Rogers.--Priests supply the Indians with
arms and ammunition.--Ammunition seized.--Oregon _Argus_.--
Discovery of gold.--No help for the Indian.--Withdrawal of
the Hudson's Bay Company to Vancouver.--The smooth-tongued
Jesuits yet remain.
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CHAPTER LXIV.

Missions among the Western Indians.--The Coeur d'Alene
Mission.--Protestant and Catholic missions compared.--What
the American Protestant missionaries have done for the
country and the Indians.--Extent of their influence,
progress, and improvements.--Patriotism of Dr. Whitman.
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CHAPTER LXV.

Description of the face of the country.--Agricultural and
mining productions.--Timber.--The Wallamet.--Columbia.--
Dalles.--Upper Columbia.--Mountains.--Rivers.--Mineral
wealth.--Climate.--The Northern Pacific Railroad.--
Conclusion.
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HISTORY OF OREGON.